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Senate confirms Burwell as OMB head

On April 24, the Senate voted to confirm Sylvia Burwell to be the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director by a vote of 96-0. The Senate Budget Committee and Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee both considered and voted on Burwell’s nomination two weeks ago. Burwell previously served as Deputy Director of OMB in the Clinton Administration, as President of Global Development at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and President of the Walmart Foundation.